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Hiring kit: Solution architect

Originally Published:

Sep 2018

The solution architect is vital to an enterprise's overall technical vision when implementing solutions in an era of business digital transformation. This hiring kit includes a job description, sample interview questions, and a basic want ad to give you a head start on finding the ideal candidate.

From the job description:

Solving a specific business problem, such as the digital transformation of a product or service, requires a key individual with the skills to design, describe, and manage the engineered solution. The architect of this engineered solution is in charge of introducing the overall technical vision and for leading its practical deployment. The position requires demonstrable technical expertise and extensive experience in implementing solutions and bringing projects to fruition.

Finding qualified individuals who have the expertise and experience to assume primary responsibility for making some of the most crucial decisions required to bring about the successful implementation of a solution will be difficult and time consuming. This job description will help you target the best candidates for this crucial position.

Duties and responsibilities
The solution architect will be responsible for analyzing our company’s current technological environment, establishing technology requirements, making solution recommendations, developing a collaborative framework to implement solutions, and ensuring that projects are properly managed and completed on time and within budget.

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